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A specifically designed vehicle called a “tractor” delivers high torque (tractive effort) even at slow speed. The machinery is used in construction or agriculture or for hauling a trailer. Generally, this term describes a distinctive farm vehicle although horticultural use is common too. A tractor may be used for towing agricultural implements or for providing power to an implement if it is mechanized.

Trahere means “to pull” which comes from the Latin language, and tractor is its agent noun. The tractor unit was used for the first time as “a vehicle or an engine used for pulling ploughs or wagons” and this was recorded to occur in 1901. Before this, the common term used in 1859 was “traction engine”.

In Germany, Spain, Ireland, Argentina, Australia, India and Britain, tractor implies farm tractor, generally speaking. However, in Canada and US, it may additionally refer to the tractor’s trailer.

Portable engines in the early 19th century were the first farm implements that were powered. Steam engines were placed onto wheels that could then be used for driving mechanical farm machines using flexible belts. About 1850, these engines became the basis of first traction engine that were quite widely adopted for agricultural use.

The first recognized tractors were ploughing engines powered by steam. They were used in pairs for hauling a plough back and forth across fields using wire cabling. Depending upon the soil conditions, like in the US for example, the use of steam tractors was made for ploughing using the direct-haul technique. This was not the case with other places like the United Kingdom, where cable-haul ploughing techniques were used.

Untill the 20th century, agricultural engines powered by steam were used, however, later on more reliable engines with internal combustion support were developed which replaced the earlier engines.

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